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Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir PrEP Is 100% Effective for Women
Lenacapavir, Gilead Sciences twice-yearly capsid inhibitor, demonstrated 100% efficacy for preventing HIV acquisition in a large study of young women in Africa, according to long-awaited results from the PURPOSE 1 trial. As previously reported, top-line findings were announced in June, and full details were presented today at the International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2024) in Munich. The study results were also published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Here’s How Cities and Urban Settings Can Better Respond to HIV
Globally, 70% of people are projected to live in cities by 2050. Consequently, urban settings will play a vital role in addressing the HIV epidemic as well as broader health issues. A new report assesses the urban HIV epidemic and offers actionable recommendations to improve HIV responses. Released to coincide...
Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor
Colorado stands out among the 10 states that have disenrolled the highest share of Medicaid beneficiaries since the U.S. government lifted a pandemic-era restriction on removing people from the health insurance program. It’s the only blue state in a cluster of red states with high disenrollment rates — a group...
HIV Vaccines Tested in PrEPVacc Fail to Reduce Infections
[Editor’s note: POZ covered the topline findings from the PrEPVacc study in December 2023, when researchers announced that the trial would be halted because it was unlikely to demonstrate vaccine effectiveness. Detailed results from the study were presented at the International AIDS Conference on July 23, 2024.]. The results...
Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV Prevention is Safe in Pregnancy
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) was safe and well tolerated as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before and during pregnancy in the follow-up phase of a global study among cisgender women. The analysis of outcomes from more than 300 pregnancies and infants will be presented at the 2024 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) in Munich, Germany.
Daily DoxyPrEP May Be Another Option for STI Prevention
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been big news at recent AIDS conferences, but for people who have sex often, daily doxycycline pre-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPrEP) may also be an effective option, according to two small studies presented at the International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2024) this week in Munich.
Harris, Once Biden’s Voice on Abortion, Would Take an Outspoken Approach to Health
Throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, he leaned on the outspoken former prosecutor and senator he selected as his vice president, Kamala Harris, to be the White House’s voice of unflinching support for reproductive health rights. Now, as Democrats rebuild their presidential ticket just a few months before Election Day,...
Tennessee Agrees To Remove Sex Workers With HIV From Sex Offender Registry
The Tennessee government has agreed to begin scrubbing its sex offender registry of dozens of people who were convicted of prostitution while having HIV, reversing a practice that federal lawsuits have challenged as draconian and discriminatory. For more than three decades, Tennessee’s “aggravated prostitution” laws have made prostitution a misdemeanor...
Beyond PMS: A Poorly Understood Disorder Means Periods of Despair for Some Women
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”. For the most part, Cori Lint was happy. She worked days as a software engineer and nights as a part-time cellist, filling her free...
Pain Doesn’t Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10
Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.”. I trained as a physician and have asked patients the very same question thousands of times, so I think hard about how to quantify the sum of the sore hips, the prickly thighs, and the numbing, itchy pain near my left shoulder blade. I pause and then, mostly arbitrarily, choose a number. “Three or four?” I venture, knowing the real answer is long, complicated, and not measurable in this one-dimensional way.
New UNAIDS Report Shows AIDS Pandemic Can Be Ended by 2030, But Only if Leaders Boost Resources and Protect Human Rights Now
A new report released today by UNAIDS shows that the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether world leaders meet their commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The report, The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads, brings together new data and case studies which demonstrate that the decisions and policy choices taken by world leaders this year will decide the fate of millions of lives and whether the world’s deadliest pandemic is overcome.
Hepatitis C Treatment Increased as State Medicaid Programs Eased Restrictions
As state Medicaid programs eased or eliminated restrictions on access to antiviral treatment for hepatitis C, the number of prescriptions significantly increased every quarter from 2015 through 2019, according to study findings published in JAMA Health Forum. “The results of this study suggest that Medicaid coverage restrictions were associated with...
Zero HIV Stigma Day 2024
Sunday, July 21, marks the second annual Zero HIV Stigma Day. It’s a global effort to address the prevalence of stigma and to spark discussions on how to end HIV stigma in all its forms. This year’s theme is “Beyond Labels: Redefining HIV Narratives.”. Zero HIV Stigma...
Healthy Recipe: Kale & Fennel Salad
This sweet, tasty salad takes the classic Sicilian combo of fennel and orange, and tosses them with toasted almonds, tart dried cherries and the cancer-fighting super green, kale. A great thing about this salad is that it can be made as much as two hours ahead of time and left to sit in a cool place until ready to serve. The tenderizing effect of the dressing on the kale and fennel only makes them taste more delicious.
Addressing Barriers to Mental Health Care for Latinos
According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 20% of Latino adults surveyed reported experiencing a mental illness—defined in the survey as a diagnosed mental, behavioral or emotional disorder that may interfere with one’s life. What’s more, many did not receive treatment for their condition.
At Trump’s GOP Convention, There’s Little To Be Heard on Health Care
No talk of Obamacare. Or abortion. At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, where delegates officially nominated Donald Trump as the party’s 2024 presidential candidate, health care issues received little attention from prime-time speakers. The silence is surprising, given health care makes up the largest chunk of...
Mississippi Lacks Black Doctors, Even as Lawmakers Increasingly Target Diversity Programs
Jerrian Reedy was 9 when his father was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg, about two hours northeast of New Orleans, after sustaining three gunshot wounds. Reedy recalled visiting his dad in the intensive care unit that summer in 2009, even though children weren’t typically permitted in that part of the hospital.
For Healthy Adults, Taking Multivitamins Daily Is Not Associated With a Lower Risk Of Death
A large analysis of data from nearly 400,000 healthy U.S. adults followed for more than 20 years has found no association between regular multivitamin use and lower risk of death. The study, led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, was published June 26, 2024, in...
The Next Berlin Patient: Another Man Cured of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant
[Editor’s note: This case was presented at a July 18 press briefing in advance of the International AIDS Conference next week. POZ will update this report, if needed, after the full data are presented on July 24.]. A seventh person appears to be cured of HIV after a stem...
Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After Roe Was Overturned
Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get sterilized. Within a week, she asked her provider about getting the procedure done. Ferst, 28, said she has always known she doesn’t want kids. She also worries about getting pregnant...
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